Book Review:
The Thousandth Floor by Katherine McGee
2.5 foxes out of 5
Arc generously provided by Netgalley and HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review.
This book is favorably compared to Gossip Girl.
I am not a fan of Gossip Girl. Usually, when I do watch it, I watch it only out of necessity. Like, when there’s nothing else on Netflix and I’m cleaning and I need something to distract me from the monotonous job. The pattern follows, I watched a little bit, get sucked into the overdramatic plotlines, watch obsessively for a day, then stop because I hate all the characters. Every. Single. One. Of. Them.
For this book, I come in preparing to hate all the characters, preparing to bang my head at their life choices, and getting a sense of schadenfreude at the misfortune the befalls them caused by said actions. Told in five POV, each chapter jumping into a new character, each one hiding secrets of their own. Many years in the future, in the city that never sleeps, the elite of society live on the top floors of the highest tower of NYC, with a thousand floors. This book explores the drama, the mysteries and the sinful pasts of the different people living the Tower, from the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich.
Right from the start the prologue was intriguing. In 25 years, no one has fallen from the thousandth floor of the Tower, except today. No one knows why she had fallen, perhaps it was an accident, perhaps she jumped, or more sinister, perhaps she was pushed. And from there, the first chapter starts two months earlier, leading to this fateful ‘falling out’ (sorry for the pun).
For the remainder of the review I’ll be writing it in a way that would make Gossip Girl proud (and for maximum enjoyment, read it in her voice!)
Avery: Elite, beautiful, and living in the exclusive 1000th floor, A has it all. Or does she? Poor little rich girl suffering a broken heart…for her adopted brother. Tsk tsk, A , you better be careful because we all know how illicit affairs end.
Leda: Running from a hard past. But remember, L , the past always comes to catch up with you.
Rylin: Spotted! Partying and hard drugs? Poor, orphaned R isn’t so innocent after all.
Eris: Spoiled rich girl has it all…or does she? The problem with being Queen, E , is that your crown could always be taken away.
Wade: Hacker W can learn everyone’s secrets in seconds, but it seems like he has a few secrets of his one. Be careful W , nothing stays buried forever.
You know you love me,
XOXO
DearWilderness
The characters were indistinguishable from the rest, each one speaking and thinking like the other. The writing wasn’t special. I felt that the author told how we should feel rather than showed us, and as a result the characters felt short and I couldn’t bring myself to care. I would honestly say, though, that ALL the characters annoyed me. All. Of. Them. And all the drama that is caused is a direct correlation of their actions. Most of the times I wanted to reach through the book and SHAKE them.They were so very unlikable, but I wont put that as the con because I believe that was done on purpose.
The world-building was done well, even including the different drugs people of the future use.
Despite this, the cliff hanger at the end intrigued me enough to want to pick up the second book, and hopefully see some of the initial problems ironed out.
Pros:
⎫ World-building
⎫ Creative Idea
⎫ Fast-paced
⎫ Entertaining
⎫ Ethnic Characters
⎫ Cliff Hanger
Cons
¬ Indistinguishable Characters
¬ Writing told us rather than showed us
¬ Book I felt was too long for this type of book (drama could only spur me to read so much)
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